Until that time building a wide variety of models, the company adopted a single-series policy.

Like many high end vehicles of the day, the car came from Isotta Fraschini as a chassis only.

Bodies were typically from Italy's top-tier coachbuilders, Carrozzeria Castagna and Cesare Sala, but other European and American coachbuilding firms lent their hands to the task of supplying bodies.

It was the first serial produced car in the world to be equipped with a straight-8 engine.

[1] There was no exterior intake manifold, instead the twin carburetors attached directly to the block.